Lead Design Engineer

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Responsibilities

• ▹Be the primary force behind the codebase with design support in Figma: build, maintain, document, and evolve shared components, tokens, and patterns
• ▹Design highly interactive components and translate design specs into production-quality code
• ▹Partner with product designers to close the gap between Figma and what ships, attend crits and give feedback
• ▹Review designer PRs and design system contributions that touch shared UI surfaces
• ▹Move the accessibility of the product forward through direct contributions
• ▹Give product squads flexible components that don't require forking
• ▹Maintain and improve design system documentation for self-service

Requirements

• ▹8+ years building products with both design and engineering involved
• ▹A portfolio, live project links, slide deck, or video walk-through demonstrating technical and design skill
• ▹Experience building or maintaining a product design system at production scale (tokens, component APIs, versioning, migration paths)
• ▹High-polish front-end skills that include motion
• ▹Fluency in Figma
• ▹Clear communication across media

Nice to have

• ▹Experience being a one-of-one or first-of-type in an organization
• ▹Design system experience in complex creative tooling
• ▹Smart use of AI in design system workflows (agent skills, rules, automations)
• ▹Experience with internal tools for prototyping and bringing specs to life
• ▹Familiarity with headless CMS tools and electron apps

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Generous healthcare package
• ▹401k matching program
• ▹Catered lunches
• ▹Flexible vacation time
• ▹Mix of remote and hybrid roles available

About the company

Descript is building a simple, intuitive, fully-powered editing tool for video and audio for the age of AI. The 150-person team is backed by investors including OpenAI, Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures, and Spark Capital, headquartered in San Francisco with a mix of remote and hybrid roles.